For Adam Gunn, apparently this was one of those times.
Gunn’s attorney, Tim Dawson, said by e-mail that his client “issued a formal apology for his conduct, and given the fact that he employed no weapons, assaulted nobody and simply attempted to flee the scene, the (Pittsburgh) Police were willing to drop all charges.”
Gunn can now be reinstated to the team (and there seems little doubt he will be).
He still has to deal with the fact that in running, he could not clear the a parking lot chain. Either very drunk or absolutely no vertical.
This also means Pitt will be losing some points in the Fulmer Cup.
I think we all know that maximum charges are brought in almost every case so that plea-bargaining, etc can lessen the impacts – but also so that the DA can get something out of the case – the shotgun effect if you will. For this case to be disposed of by having all charges dropped tells me that the Court took into consideration character references, Gunn’s efforts in his personal life (school, football, etc) and I’m sure they also considered how remorseful he was.
So I see this not so much as he didn’t do what he was accused of – but that the Court system did the right thing in looking at the big picture (he didn’t assault the Police, didn’t make things worse, tried to leave the situation, etc) and dropping the charges.
I’m glad it turned out this way – makes me feel like ‘justice’ works sometimes.
I’ve no opinion one way or another, but am curious as to what DW feels.